OUT TODAY: Debut album by QUIZ SHOW (members of Guided By Voices, Shudder To Think & The Dambuilderw). Preview 'Almost Famous' & 'Sound of Kissing’
New Jersey-basedindie rock outfit QUIZ SHOW presents their eponymous debut album, released via Montclair, NJ-based Magic Door Record Label. Two new powerhouse tracks are now streamable - 'Almost Famous' and 'Sound of Kissing'. This invigorating collection of 12 tracks involves SHUDDER TO THINK members CHRIS MATTHEWS and JESSE KRAKOW, together with drummer KEVIN MARCH (GUIDED BY VOICES, THE DAMBUILDERS).
Recorded with award-winning producer RAY KETCHEM (Guided By Voices, Luna, Versus, Elk City, Gramercy Arms) at his Magic Door Recording Studio in Montclair, The 'Quiz Show' LP is full of protest, friendship and frustration. Tapping the energy of punk rock with its loud guitars and driving rhythms, the vocals strive to capture the emotional fervour of punky garage rock.
Quiz Show releases debut album with Guided By Voices, Shudder To Think & The Dambuilders members. Preview 'Almost Famous' and 'Sound of Kissing’
FOR SHARING
'Quiz Show' LP / Bandcamp https://quizshow.bandcamp.com/album/quiz-show
'Almost Famous' https://quizshow.bandcamp.com/track/almost-famous
'Sound of Kissing' https://quizshow.bandcamp.com/track/sound-of-kissing
Spotify https://open.spotify.com/track/2o5bspNEAO6Mfr7esIQCMT
YouTube https://youtu.be/N7F3Xie69Fs
Soundcloud https://on.soundcloud.com/wzoUF
'Quiz Show' LP / Bandcamp https://quizshow.bandcamp.com/album/quiz-show
Quiz Show songs are full of protest, friendship and frustration. Tapping the energy of punk rock with its loud guitars and driving rhythms, the vocals strive to capture the emotional fervour of punky garage rock. Pushing boundaries with rhythms, arrangements, chord structures and vocals that expand from straight-ahead power to music, they weave together different influences, including classic rock, prog and alternative, to create complex and beautiful in unexpected ways.
"This is our first album! Quiz Show has been making music since 2017 and put out most of the songs on this release as singles between 2017 and 2020. We are releasing them now after remixing and remastering all of the songs to freshen them up and so they can document the origin story of Quiz Show in a single package. This release also brings these songs under the amazing umbrella of the Magic Door record label," says Chris Matthews.
"Quiz Show songs come together when ideas voiced through the guitars are set to rhythms constructed on the bass and drums. Lyrics come after the melodies, which themselves often emerge while Chris is driving around. These songs were created in the in-between spaces of complicated lives. We cherish this work and the feelings it describes. 'Sound of Kissing' was built this way and, like most of our songs, it uses lyrics to reflect a dissatisfaction with the limits on love, money, and time."
As of March 17, the 'Quiz Show' LP is available via Apple Music, Spotify and Bandcamp, where it can be ordered directly from the band.
CREDITS
Written by Chris Matthews, Kevin March and Frank Gibbons
Chris Matthews - guitar, vocals
Kevin March - drums, vocals
Frank Gibbons - bass
Recorded, mixed & mastered by Ray Ketchem at Magic Door Recording (Montclair, NJ)
'Quiz Show' album cover art - 'Moving Day' by Renee LoBue
'Sound of Kissing' cover art - 'Hey Moon' by Renee LoBue
Cover design by Ray Ketchem
TRACK LIST
01. Sound of Kissing
02. Almost Famous
03. Dime a Dozen
04. Monumental Shade
05. Pom Pom Boy
06. Withstand
07. Sell the Scene
08. Big Bank Theory
09. The Construct
10. What If?
11. Always Waiting
12. Mannequin Sun
